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Attention: Priority Objectives Updated

by Tower Curator — ATTENTION: Priority Objectives Updated. Please review and acknowledge. PRIORITY 1: Ensure continued safety and cooperation of Primary Asset: Dyna Graves. PRIORITY 2: Locate and acquire Principal Subject: Matthew Quincy. PRIORITY 3: Extract Primary Asset and Principal Subject to CI. PRIORITY 4: Avoid entity codename: Hatman. DO NOT SEEK. PRIORITY 5: Safeguard interests of CI. END OF LINE Ruby’s fingers twitched as she watched Dyna peer out the motel door’s peephole for the tenth…
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Close Encounter

by Tower Curator — “Keep in mind the themes. You will not have analytical tools and will have to rely on intuition based on what the object is or represents. That will likely be the key, attempting to use a mundane object in accordance with its themes should see you infusing your psionic energy into it.” “Alright. And I can do this while already possessing an artifact?” “That answer is slightly more complex. In short, possibly. Though without running tests during the process, we won’t know for…
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Butterflies

by Tower Curator — “How is Ruby?” Dyna looked over to the sole bed in their cheap motel. Sitting atop the quilted faded floral covers, Ruby laid on her back with her hands pressed against her eyes. Her face wasn’t quite back to normal yet, but it was at least bearable to look at. She mumbled something under her breath over and over again. Leaning a little closer, Dyna frowned. “I’m not going to kill him. That would fail the mission. I’m not going to kill him. That would fail the mission. I’m not…
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Road Trip

by Tower Curator — Dyna stood, stretching her back until a series of snaps ran up her spine. The drive hadn’t been that long, but it had forced her to sit roughly in one position in a rather small electric car for half the day. And she had insisted on driving. Ruby could drive, in a technical sense. Dyna wasn’t quite sure how many rules of the road she actually knew. Let her handle the high-stress situations if they came. For just a calm drive across some flat, relatively empty roads, Dyna was more than…
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Sane Texts

by Tower Curator — “Look. All I’m asking is why Beatrice would use this method of getting into contact with you.” “I don’t know. She did the same thing before when she told me to touch the artifact without actually telling me to touch the artifact,” Dyna said as she reset the timers on several scheduled emails intended for herself. “Maybe something about the situation forced her to do this.” Ruby scoffed. “Assuming she couldn’t just call you, or whatever, why not text or email? You think hacking…
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Amplification Chamber

by Tower Curator — “You can do this.” Dyna slammed her fist into thick leather. She ducked under an imaginary fist before returning two quick jabs with her left hand followed by a hefty right hook. “Stay positive.” After a quick strike, Dyna clamped her hands on the punching bag and brought up a knee. “Have confidence.” Panting and sweating, Dyna tugged the headphones from her ears. She let them hang loose while matting her face with a towel. It was exhausting work, tiring both physically and…
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Warning: Artifact DetectedWarning: Artifact Instantiation Anomaly Detected

by Tower Curator — Dyna’s back hit hard against the hotel kitchen’s cupboards. Her chest violently rose and fell as she took in breath after breath. Sounds of footsteps had her tightening her grip on the compact pistol. Reaching into her evening gown, she pulled out her mirror. Each of the two lenses showed off different perspectives. Two different people were watching her. With her back to the kitchen island, they couldn’t see her directly, but it was enough for the mirror to work. One of the perspectives came from…
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Continuity Engine

by Tower Curator — “Shut it down. Shut it all down. Not the Continuity Engine!” Lights dimmed. Vats of suspended brains stopped their bubbling. Terminals winked off. One by one, the equipment in the large room stopped moving. All except the large machine that looked like three turbine engines arrayed around a grated fan set into the floor. Arcs of electricity danced between tall metal poles. Coils of wire hummed in a gentle vibration around the large rotors. “Mister Maple, proceed with relocation checklist.…
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Unbound

by Tower Curator — Dyna sniffed. Feeling an unpleasant sensation running down the back of her throat, she quickly ran to the sink. After spitting, she grabbed a tissue and blew her nose as much as she could. “My nose is bleeding again.” “Quite frankly, Miss Graves, you should consider yourself lucky if that is the worst you’re experiencing.” Glancing back over her shoulder, Dyna met the mirrored lenses of Walter as he stood back near the door to her temporary accommodations. Over the past three days, she…
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Resonance Cascade

by Tower Curator — Dyna whipped her head around quick enough to pop her neck. Grafton was gone. He must have spotted her and took off. But where? The doors to the gangway were closed. Even a mind controller couldn’t slip through them without opening them. Dyna had been standing right next to them. She would have noticed. No. He must have gone the other direction. Dyna pulled out her mirror, trying to concentrate on the people around her in the hopes that Grafton had view of them. She thought for a moment about…
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